Wood rack and carrier



(No Model.)

W. H. MOODY. W001) RACK AND CARRIER.

Patented Aug. 28, 1888'.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM MOODY, OF PITTSFIELD, MAINE.-

WOOD RACK AND CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. MooDY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pittsfield, in the county of Somerset and State of Maine,have invented new and useful Improve ments in \Vood Racks and Carriers, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in wood racks and carriers; and it consists in the construction and novel combination of parts hereinafter described, illustrated in the drawings, and pointed out in the claims.

Figure 1 of the drawings represents a device loaded with wood. Fig. 2 represents a perspective view of the device unloaded.

The device is composed of the integral horizoutal bar B, constituting the side rails, b,and the end rails or handles, b, (the side rails and end rails preferably curving at their points of junction,) and the transverse bars O,which are preferably equidistant, and each of which con sists of the transverse bottom rail, 0, and the uprights a a, which are integral with and curve upward from the said bottom rail, their upper parts standing above the side rails, b, nearly as far as their lower parts depend below the said rails. The said transversebars O are each arranged in pairs, one bar passing inside and the other outside of the rack. The bar 13' passes between these bars and stands outward from each end of the device, forming the handles b.

I I are strips of wood standing edge to edge and secured between the transverse bars 0, so that they form a bottom and sides to the device, which sides rise as high as the horizontal bar B, the ends of the device being open.

J J designate wed ge-shaped blocks,which are secured between the upper ends of the inner and outer bars, 0, above the bar B, and enabling the device to contain anincreased quantity of wood.

forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 388,434, dated August 28, 1888; Application filed June 13, 1888. Serial No. 276,911. (No model.)

The device is sufficiently long to contain wood sawed in proper lengths for firing, and sufiiciently high to contain wood enough to supply a stove for several days.

The device is simple of construction, can be made easily and at little expense, and is very useful,as two persons can by the use of it carry sufficient wood to supply a stove for several davs.

The device thus formed has open ends and can be set beside the stove and the wood can be drawn therefrom without lifting.

Having described my invention, I claim- 1. A wood rack and carrier composed of the horizontal bar 13, forming handles I) at the ends, the transverse bars connecting the side rails of the frame B,and strips I, secured to the transverse bars, forming the bottom and sides of the device, substantially as described.

2. A wood rack and carrier composed of the horizontal frame B, having the integral handles b thereon, the transverse equidistant bars 0, secured to and having the projections. D above the said frame,and the strips I, secured to said transverse bars and forming a bottom to the device,and sides thereto up to the frame B, substantially as specified.

3. The herein-described wood rack and carrier composed of the horizontal frame B, having the integral handles 1), the inner and outer transverse bars O, having the upstanding ends D, and the wooden strips I, secured between the said transverse bars, substantially as specitied.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed m ysignature in presence of two witnesses.

. WILLIAM H. MOODY.

Witnesses:

HENRY N. WHITMAN, F. BRYANT. 

